介绍多伦多大学的一些事实

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Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada's largest and most distinguished university. Consistently ranked Canada's top research-intensive university by Maclean's magazine, U of T offers teaching programs in 17 academic divisions. Its programs are held on the historic St. George campus in downtown Toronto, on campuses in Mississauga and Scarborough and in nine fully affiliated teaching hospitals in Toronto.

Along with the diversity of a world-class university, U of T also offers the intimate scale of small college life. The university is composed of 10 colleges, each with a distinctive feel and sense of community. It has more than 150 student clubs and organizations on all three campuses and innumerable activities ranging from cultural events at Hart House to intercollegiate and intramural sporting activities.

Size


63,109 students (37,915 full-time), 10,301 faculty and staff and 365,000 alumni
operating budget: $977.6 million
research grant and contract support: $478.7 million
85 doctoral programs, 14 professional faculties
library has over 15 million holdings and is one of the top 5 research libraries in North America



Locations


St. George campus: 48,863 students
U of T at Scarborough: 6,834 students including joint programs with Centennial College
U of T at Mississauga: 7,412 students including joint programs with Sheridan College
Institute for Aerospace Studies in north-west Toronto
Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill
Koffler Scientific Reserve at Jokers Hill, King Township



Research Achievements


developed first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant and artificial pancreas
isolated gene that allows plants to grow in salt water
developed the chemical laser
developed the anti-blackout suit, later adapted to create the astronaut space suit
created the infant cereal Pablum


Economic Impact


94 spin-off companies with 4,264 employees and revenues of $640 million
generates $1.16 for every dollar of funding from federal and provincial governments
16th-largest employer in the GTA
U of T employees, students and alumni put an estimated $4.5 billion into the economy of the Toronto region annually



Noted Alumni


authors Margaret Atwood, Farley Mowat, Michael Ondaatje, Rohinton Mistry and Stephen Leacock
film directors David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Arthur Hiller, Norman Jewison
opera singers Measha Brueggergosman, Teresa Stratas and Maureen Forrester
business leaders Edward S. "Ted" Rogers (Rogers Cable) and Jeff Skoll (eBay)
media personalities Peter Gzowski, Barbara Amiel, Evan Soloman and Barbara Frum
astronauts Roberta Bondar and Julie Payette
comedy duo Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster
former prime ministers William Lyon Mackenzie King, Arthur Meighen and Lester B. Pearson
former Ontario premiers Bob Rae, David Peterson and William Davis
Ontario's first woman lieutenant-governor Pauline McGibbon
Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and past Governor General Vincent Massey



Noted Faculty - Past and Present


Sir Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod won the Nobel Prize in 1923 for their work with Charles Best in the discovery of the role of insulin in controlling diabetes
John C. Polanyi won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering work that led to the development of the laser
Political scientist Janice Gross Stein
geneticist Tak Mak, the first to clone a T-cell gene, a key part of the immune system
literary critic and author Northrop Frye
author and dramatist Robertson Davies
medical biophysicist Lap-Chee Tsui led the team of researchers who discovered the cystic fibrosis gene
communications guru Marshall McLuhan
engineering pioneer Ursula Franklin, known for her work on the social impact of technology
Peter St. George-Hyslop led the team that discovered two genes responsible for early-onset Alzheimer's
astronomer Helen Sawyer Hogg



Did You Know...


U of T has six Nobel Prize-winning graduates, the highest number of any Canadian university
over the last two decades, our professors have received almost a quarter of all national awards although they represent just over seven per cent of Canada's university professors
more than half of full-time undergraduates are women
U of T is in the midst of the largest capital expansion program in 40 years, building over 1 million square feet of classrooms, research facilities, libraries and residences
U of T has over 4,000 international students, about seven per cent of our student population
the Royal Ontario Museum, Pollution Probe, Canadian Opera Company, the Toronto Symphony and the Royal Conservatory of Music were all started at U of T

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多伦多大学参与火星探索计划：

http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bin5/040108c.asp

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呵呵 全世界都知道ut 很好~~~

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两位UT的年轻学者获得世界上100 位world's top young innovators的荣誉

http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bin5/030915a.asp

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加拿大最快的电脑用来模拟黑洞

http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bin5/030721a.asp

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最初由 chusuifeng 发布
[B]呵呵 全世界都知道ut 很好~~~ [/B]

嗯，但是不少人不知道为什么好

chusuifengUID: 15381

呵呵 我去过2次ut 照了几十张照片
感觉不错 到处都是很老的房子 感觉很好 不向calgary 历史很短 没有什么古迹可以炫耀
不过环是更喜欢mcgill 尽管我一次也没去过 呵呵 个人性格原因~~~

子轩寒冰UID: 153540

楼主这样实在没什么意思
都知道UT好,你这么一来,倒是有些让人不舒服
你的意思是,加拿大UT是老大,别的大学都是野鸡大学?
加拿大给了UT那么多经费,它不出点成绩对得起谁?

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楼上的别急啊，我写这个帖子是给不了解UT 的人看的，不要跟其它的帖子扯上关系呀。大家看看，我有说：加拿大UT是老大,别的大学都是野鸡大学么？没有吧。
UT 好，也不妨碍其他大学好呀？大家可以都说说其他大学的好处不是么？我对UT 了解，所以先说UT  准备下次有时间谈Queen's。你也可以发个帖子谈McGill。

chusuifengUID: 15381

yi?
这种帖子似乎似曾相识的感觉？到底是在哪里看到的呢？
想呀想 哦 想起来了！
原来在水木清华上经常看到
呵呵 清华的北大之争 HOHO~~~~

Gavin1911UID: 150875

Rotman now is a lttle better than Ivey I think.
But I still consider Ut as the third or fourth best university in Canada

子轩寒冰UID: 153540

then which one you think is the best?